christmas boxes for soldiers

tinkerbell28

arbroath_lass wrote: »

That's odd because that is what we were asked to send (by the soldiers) - decent toiletries (and Haribo :rotfl:)

Haribo goes down well. Most people out there can get all their toiletries from the naafi.

mountainofdebt

claire16c wrote: »

I can't lie, those went down a treat when I sent those :rotfl:

All I know is when the cadets were putting boxes together they were explicitly told not to include them.

As already been mentioned, there was talk of asking people not to send them as it clogged the system up.

OP, if you want to spread goodwill this christmas (and thinking of what Jeremy Hunt was talking about recently) why not sent a box to an older person who may be on their own, perhaps in hospital?

silkyuk9

The only thing we did not send was chocolate as it was soup when it got to Afghan and Iraq. We send talcum powder, soap, toothpaste, socks lots of hard sweets. We tended not to send chewing gum and sweets in silver foil. baby wipes was another good one to get rid of cam cream.

My son was in Iraq for 6 months and the lads were very grateful on what was sent, no one complained about gifts. Yes they can buy items from the local spar shop on camp but my some tried to save all his money, or bought little items such as pray rugs that were specially made for the soldiers (often had the telic and tour they were on) and other items from local markets.

As before we sent boxes of sweets for the local children but my son did say when kids came running towards them they got a little anxious as you never knew if they were suicide bombers.

Support Our Soldiers is a great website and has a good forum which I used on many occasions while my son was away on tour. Lots of other family members who are in the same boat all supporting each other.

tinkerbell28

Baby wipes are a good idea, they go down really well as they clean everything off ^^

claire16c

tinkerbell28 wrote: »

It's really not a good idea. As the person who is found with them can be charged.

Those kind of mags aren't allowed in hot sandy places. Due to local customs and laws.

It's searching for stuff like that, that holds up parcels from families.

Some will always get through but you could be causing a lot of trouble for lads if they're found out.

You aren't allowed to send !!!!!! mags but lots of the guys I knew out there had FHM etc sent regularly to them.

Maybe it's the definition of 'lads mags' I.e not !!!!!! mags

It's not the type of thing you'd send to someone you didn't know though! Be a bit odd. But I know my DHs mates liked getting them and they didn't seem to be hiding them or anything! You only need a quick read of the arrse website to see the stuff the lads take out with them.